Clothes-drier.



J. P. HILL.

1 CLOTHES DRIER.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.17, 1912.

1,060,254. Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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JOSEPH P. HILL, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Application filed February 17, 1912. Serial No. 678,346.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. HILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Drier, of whichthe following is a specification.

The principal objects of this invention are to improve the circulationwithin a clothes drier in such a way as to introduce preliminarilyheated air into the same and to direct it to a point in the drier whereit will be necessary for it to circulate through the contents thereofbefore it can leave the drier; also to provide means whereby thegreatest efficiency of the current of air passing through the drier canbe secured for drying purposes; and to provide improved means forsupporting the clothes rack bars at the top of the drier.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 isan end elevation of a clothes drier constructed in accordance with thisinvention, some part-s being shown in transverse section. Fig. 2 is afragmentary sectional View on the line 22 of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection of the arrow, and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side view with partsin section showing a supporting rod.

The invention is shown as applied to a type of clothes drier which iswell known on the market and which comprises in addition to a stove 10,or other source of heat, a chamber 11, having horizontal rods 12 at thetop extending from one end of the chamber to the other and projectingfrom said front end a distance substantially equal to the length of thechamber. Depending from these rods are clothes drying racks 13. Near thebottom of the chamber is a radiator 14 as usual connected with thesource of heat and delivering its products of combustion into the stovepipe 15. Above this radiator is shown a screen 16 and below it adeflecting plate 17 just over the bottom of which is an outlet 18 whichgoes back into the heater or stove so as to provide a draft for the airin the drying chamber. The parts so far described are well known in thisart.

In order to provide for preliminarily heating the air entering thechamber and to bring it into the chamber at a point which willnecessitate its passing through all the articles to be dried that arecontained therein, the chamber is provided with an inlet having ahorizontal portion 20 on the top of the rear of the stove and a verticalportion 21 within the chamber extending substantially to the top of thechamber where it discharges the air into the upper part thereof.Preferably also a shell 22 is hinged to the outer end of the horizontalpart 20 of the inlet and rests on top of the stove. This has an opening23 through which the air enters along the surface of the stove. In thisway all the air entering the chamber 11 must pass over the top of thestove and thus receive heat which ordinarily is entirely wasted. In thisway the air as it en ters is preliminarily heated and in addition tothis it is discharged into the chamber at the top thereof so that beforeit comes down to the outlet 18 it must pass through or between all thearticles to be dried. The common circulation which is secured around andby the radiator of course is taken advantage of also in this case.

It has been customary heretofore to support the outer ends of the rods12 by supports extending down from the ceiling. This, however, is opento some objections, owing to the fact that the ceiling has to beperforated or otherwise mutilated in order to provide these supports,and that this is often a tedious and expensive labor on account of themany kinds of ceilings in existence. In order to obviate thesedifliculties and to provide a support within the article itself so thatit can be manufactured at the shop and shipped with the device and to doaway with all tampering with the ceilings in installing the apparatus,the following arrangement is provided: The drier is provided with two ormore vertical struts or posts 25 at the front end thereof and a tie rod26 is passed through or over each one extending down in front to a crosspiece 27 which connects the ends of the rods 12 and at the rear to asimilar cross piece on the rear wall of the drying chamber at the samelevel. Obviously these tie rods can be brought up to any degree oftautness by a turn buckle 29 on each one and they support the outer endsof the rods 12 with great rigidity and firmness.

WVhile I have illustrated and described the invent-ion in a single form,and as applied to only one type of drier, I am aware that it can becarried out in other forms and on other types. Therefore I do not wishto be limited to all the details of construction shown herein or to thedrier illustrated, but

WVhat I do claim is 1. As an article of manufacture, a clothesparticular type of drier having a heating radiator extending.

' ing'chamber in which said radiator is 10- cated, saiddrying chamberbeing provided with an inlet directly over the inlet of the radiator andleading-directly from the ex'-- ternal air, whereby fresh airenteringsaid chamber will pass over the source of heat before entering saidinlet.

8. As an article of manufacture, a clothes drier having a heatingradiator extending therein and adapted to be connected with a source ofheat external to the-drier, and a drying chamber in which said radiatoris located, said drying chamber being provided with an inlet for freshair directly over the inlet of the radiator, whereby fresh air enteringsaid chamber will pass over the source of heat for heating the radiator,said air inletextendinglupwardly substantially to-the top of the chamberto direct thefresh air into the upper part of the 1 chamber, the chamberhaving an air outlet at thebottom below said radiator.

45. In a clothes drier, the combination with'a stove having asubstantially hOIIZOIl".

taltop and radiator connected therewith,

of a drying chamber into which said radiator extends, said chamber beingprovided with an air inlet entering directly over the top of said stoveand extending upwardly in. the chamber substantially to the top thereof,whereby the air drawn in through said inlet will pass over the top ofthe stove and be preliminarily heated, and having an air outlet at thebottom below said radiator.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a source ofheat having a horizontal radiator, of a drying chamber into which saidradiator extends, said chamber being provided with a deflecting platebelow the radiator, an air inlet directly over the top of the source ofheat and extending substantially to the top of the chamber, and anairoutlet at the bottom above said defleeting plate, whereby the airentering the chamber will be preliminarily heated by the source of heatand will circulate throughout the chamber in the heat of said radiatorbefore reaching the outlet.

6. The combination with a heating stove having a radiator projectingfrom the back thereof, of a drying chamber into which said radiatorprojects, and having an inlet opening from the-top of the rear of said.

stove, said inlet having a horizontal portion over the stove, and ashell removably connected with said horizontal portion and extendingover the top of the stove and having an outlet opening at its front end,the chamber havingan outlet at its bottom connected with the stove.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

- JOSEPH P. HILL. Witnesses:

ALBERT E. FAY, C. FORREST WESSON.

Copies ot'this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

